Prestige of University Information Centre

Author: Jiří Potáček,  Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Czech Republic

Co-author: Ing. Věra Svobodová

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Abstract

The effectiveness of university information centre are criticised from viewpoint of offered services and according to quantity of information sources. The cost of services must benefits in science and education compensate, but also in study results. Results of science and research are depended on approach to information and we can express their value. University students accustomed using of services in university information centre will ask approach to information sources in their practice too. It demands the existence of solid and superior providers of classical and electronic information sources. Capital investments invest to the creating of university information centre have strategic concept and They return funds to all society and to individual person. We have possibility create consortiums of users to reduce costs. Revenues are direct or indirect and they are enumerated or incalculabled.

About the author

Director of Institute for Scientific Information and Services of Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno from 1990. He was graduated at Technical University of Brno and Ph.D. at University of Economy in Prague. He worked in PVT Brno, CKD Blansko and Furniture Industry Brno as head of departements Computer Centre and departements Information and Management Systems. He has solved of state and grant projects. Results od his work is modernized library of university and modern information centre of university. He is teaching and publishing in sphere information and communication technology.